Facing Ma Rixi's persuasion, Lu Zhi thought about it and expressed doubts.
"Gong Yuan is also a member of the Ancient Literature School. He has made great contributions to the victory of the Ancient Literature School over the Modern Literature School. He has always been at the forefront. If he is placed on the battlefield, he is a fierce general. Why should I be wary of him?"
"If he had no other ideas, why did he suddenly send his family members to the army?"
Ma Rixi shook his head and said: "Not to mention that he tried to transfer Dong Zhuo from Zuo Fengyi back to Luoyang several times, but he failed before, but now he succeeded. If Dong Zhuo wins this battle, Yuan Wei will definitely benefit. .
By then Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu will all belong to him. His Yuan family's prestige in the army will greatly increase, his power will suddenly increase, and his power will also increase.
He is the third prince who records the affairs of the minister. He has the same status as you. He has disciples and former officials all over the world and is very powerful. If the prestige in the army increases further, you will not be able to fight against him. He will most likely usurp the throne. You consider yourself the leader of the Ancient Literature School! "
Lu Zhi was stunned.
"Why does Uncle Weng speculate so much on Mr. Yuan?"
"It's not that I'm speculating on him, but that's the kind of person he is."
Ma Rixi sighed: "Actually, Zigan, you just don't know much about political disputes. The fourth and third princes of the Yuan family are famous all over the world with the reputation of Duke Zheng. The Yuan family can barely obey orders. Once Duke Zheng leaves, only you are left. How does your family background compare with Yuan's?
With the way Yuan has always acted, do you think Yuan would be willing to be under you? Ziqian, it’s not that I mean to belittle you, but the status of Yuan Wei and his family is too high and extraordinary people can overwhelm him, so you must be careful. "
Lu Zhi was stunned after hearing this, and then remained silent for a long time.
"Uncle Weng, I may not understand what you are saying, but this is not what I want. The ancient literature school came together to fight against the modern literature school, not for internal fighting.
Shouldn’t our goal be to push all ancient Chinese classics into official schools? The Yuan family should also have such a long-cherished wish, why should they fight internally? I don't want to do anything that makes my relatives happy and my enemies happy. "
Facing Lu Zhi's high integrity, Ma Rixi smiled bitterly.
"Zigan, I don't want to do such a thing, but today, I feel that the situation in the world seems to have changed again. There are more and more wars, more and more chaos, and there are always endless rebellions and solutions. Endless hard work.
These things come one after another. Before all these things are dealt with, where can we have free time to promote the introduction of ancient literary classics into official schools? I feel like what happened before may not be sustainable. "
"But if that wasn't the case, why would the Ancient Literature School live here?"
Lu Zhi spread his hands and said loudly: "What we are doing is to destroy the decadent Jinwen school and reshape the Han Dynasty academics to be more prosperous, so that the Han Dynasty academics can flourish again and be worthy of the teachings of the sages. If not, wouldn't it be possible? Is it for power and gain?"
"Is not it?"
Ma Rixi shook his head and smiled: "Ziqian, there are only you and me here, why do you have to do this?"
Lu Zhi was silent.
After a while, Lu Zhi sighed deeply.
"Uncle Weng, even if what you say is true, what can he do if Yuan Wei really wants to seize the leadership of the Ancient Literature School? I have no idea about this position. I have no intention of fighting for power. He really wants to , I’ll just give it to him, what does it matter?”
"You want it, but we don't."
Ma Rixi's eyes widened: "Ziqian, don't forget, the Yuan family is a wealthy family of modern writers, and we are just allies, not fellow travelers. Don't you find it strange that a wealthy family of modern writers becomes the leader of the ancient literature school? Don’t you think this is inappropriate?”
Hearing this, Lu Zhi hesitated slightly.
"I……"
"The Yuan family already has enough disciples and former officials. The most powerful people in the modern literature school are the Yuan family and the Yang family. Now that the Yang family is declining and the Yuan family is raising its head, if they are allowed to become the leaders of the ancient literature school, wouldn't the Yuan family be the best in the world? High school?"
Ma Rixi said dissatisfied: "At that time, Yuan Wei will be one of the three princes, record the affairs of the minister, his clan will also have military power, and he will be the leader of the ancient literature school. This is the only one with such huge power!
If it really comes to that point, Ziqian, how can you bear to make me wait? Do you want us to bow down as ministers of the Yuan clan? I absolutely cannot accept such a thing! Mr. Yuan, don’t even think about stepping on my head! "
"Uncle Weng, you..."
Lu Zhi sighed helplessly: "The Jinwen School has just lost its leader. Why can't we seize the opportunity to pursue the victory and seize the official school? Why are we having internal strife at this moment?
The reason why the Modern Literature School failed is because they had internal strife in the face of us. They were not united and were directly defeated by us who were united as one. But now if we also have internal strife, wouldn't we fail? "
“In order to fight against the outside world, we must first settle down at home!”
Ma Rixi said in a low voice: "If you can't get rid of the internal worries, when you focus on the outside world, and the internal enemies stab you after you are killed, how will you deal with it?
A family like the Yuan family is such a family. While they interact with scholars, they also flirt with eunuchs and have an ambiguous attitude. Such a family must not be trusted! "
Lu Zhi was speechless.
"In the current situation, military power is very important."
Ma Rixi advised: "You don't have military power now, but your disciple Xuande does. You should try to discuss this matter with Xuande and use Xuande's power to counter Yuan's power. You can't let Yuan's power be too strong." Overexpansion!
The power of the Yuan family is now moving closer to Luoyang. It is already clear what Yuan Wei wants to do. If you didn't make a plan early, you will regret it! "
Lu Zhi sat down quietly, lowering his head and thinking.
Ma Rixi did not disturb Lu Zhi and waited quietly for his decision.
After pondering for a while, Lu Zhi came up with his own idea.
"We not only have the Jinwen school as our enemy, but the eunuchs are not our allies either. Internal strife at this moment will only bring us great sorrow. I can't do this. We can talk about Mr. Yuan's affairs, and we can talk about them openly and honestly. , there’s no need to be tit-for-tat, is there?”
Ma Rixi was very anxious.
"If you don't want tit-for-tat, you can't guarantee that Yuan Wei won't. He is the kind of person who only sees power and status. If you talk to him about the future of the Ancient Literature School, he will only laugh and won't say anything else!"
"Uncle Weng, you...are you thinking too much?"
"Ziqian, you haven't thought enough! You are in a high position, how can you only want to do things and not think about political disputes?"
Lu Zhi seemed interested, but in the end he did not do anything to reassure Ma Rixi. The conversation between the two did not get a positive result, which made Ma Rixi very dissatisfied.
Lu Zhi felt that Ma Rixi thought too much.
Ma Rixi felt that Lu Zhi thought too little and was really not a leader who could shoulder major responsibilities, so Ma Rixi thought of Liu Bei.
Liu Bei secretly made big things happen without telling everyone.
As a child of a wealthy family, Ma Rixi believed that Liu Bei might be the one who could lead the ancient literature school to truly crush the modern literature school and reach the top.
So Ma Rixi decided to write to Liu Bei and tell him about Luoyang to see if Liu Bei had any opinions on it.
Liu Bei has actually been paying attention to the situation in Luoyang, including the war in Hedong County. He actually knew about it earlier. He also knew something about Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu going to the battlefield one after another.
But he didn't think it meant anything.
Because everything he built in Liangzhou had already caused a dimensionality reduction blow to Yuan Wei's plan. What he sought was the destruction and reconstruction of the entire system, and Yuan Wei was obsessed with making the Yuan family the leader of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
They wanted to establish a dictatorship of scholars, and the Yuan family was the absolute leader. They may not have the ambition and courage to change the dynasty, but they believed that they could do what the eunuchs and relatives could do.
What follows from this is that scholars also want to gain the possibility of institutionally controlling imperial power, and then abolish the eunuchs and relatives, turn this comfort zone into a comfort zone exclusively for scholars, and then remove all good things. To the scholars.
If an action aimed at this goal is to succeed, it must not only eliminate the eunuchs, but also the relatives. Not to mention, Yuan Wei almost succeeded if Dong Zhuo hadn't miscalculated.
The relatives were killed, the eunuchs were killed, and in the second half of the sixth year of Zhongping, only the last one of the Eastern Han Empire's troika remained.
But this time, he had no hope.
